If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as " http://UserName:[email protected]"), the resulting modal prompt will hang in a non-responsive state or crash, causing a denial of service. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100401
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360842
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-06-11
Updated: 2018-07-30
Type: CWE-20
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH